Construction · head to head
Assignar vs GCPay
Assignar
Construction
Crew, equipment and compliance dispatch for self-perform and speciality contractors
- From
- On request
- Rated
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GCPay
Construction
Subcontractor pay application and lien waiver exchange for general contractors in North America
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Assignar it is built for contractors who own crews and plant, so a general contractor coordinating subcontractors gets little from it beyond its own self-perform scopes.; GCPay the subcontractor is a compelled user who did not choose the tool, so adoption friction and support load fall on the general contractor, and small trades with one bookkeeper resent every extra portal.
- They diverge on capability: Assignar covers Crew and equipment scheduling, GCPay covers Pay application workflow.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Assignar and GCPay actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Construction).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Assignar
- Crew and equipment scheduling
- Digital dockets and timesheets
- Compliance and competency tracking
- Forms and inspections
- Offline mobile capture
- Production and cost reporting
Only in GCPay
- Pay application workflow
- Lien waiver exchange
- Compliance tracking
- Change order management
- ePayments
- Retainage handling
- ERP integration
- Subcontractor portal
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Assignar
- A civil contractor scheduling crews and plant across multiple sites from one dispatch boardnot GCPay
- A concrete or earthworks subcontractor replacing paper dockets that arrive three days latenot GCPay
- A contractor that must prove operator competency and induction status on regulated sitesnot GCPay
- A self-perform contractor comparing actual crew hours against estimated production ratesnot GCPay
GCPay
- A general contractor in a strict lien state that has been burned by a missing unconditional waiver and needs waiver status tied to each payment rather than filed in a shared drivenot Assignar
- A contractor whose accounts payable team spends the first week of every month rekeying pay applications from PDF emails into Sage or Viewpointnot Assignar
- An owner-facing GC that must produce a clean audit trail of who was paid what and when, with insurance compliance evidence attachednot Assignar
- A construction group standardising on Autodesk Construction Cloud that wants payment application data in the same estate as the project recordnot Assignar
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Assignar
- It is built for contractors who own crews and plant, so a general contractor coordinating subcontractors gets little from it beyond its own self-perform scopes.
- It is not an accounting or payroll system, so the value depends on a clean integration to your finance system and on someone owning the reconciliation when hours disagree.
- Australian origins show in terminology and compliance defaults, and North American users spend setup time translating concepts such as tickets and inductions into local equivalents.
- Offline capture works, but photo-heavy forms on poor connections remain the weak point and should be tested on your worst site before a full rollout.
- Supervisors have to maintain the schedule for the reporting to mean anything, and dispatchers used to a whiteboard resist that for months unless the change is enforced.
GCPay
- The subcontractor is a compelled user who did not choose the tool, so adoption friction and support load fall on the general contractor, and small trades with one bookkeeper resent every extra portal.
- Pricing is entirely quoted and keyed to annual subcontracted construction value, which means a contractor with a few very large subcontracts can pay far more than one with many small ones for identical functionality.
- The ePayment fee structure is decided per general contractor, so a subcontractor cannot predict its cost of getting paid across clients and may be charged on one job and not another for the same work.
- It is a payment and compliance system, not job costing; commitments still have to reconcile against the ERP, and integration gaps mean many contractors run a manual check anyway.
- Autodesk acquired parent Payapps in 2024, and the strategic direction is convergence with Autodesk Construction Cloud, so buyers on Procore or a non-Autodesk stack should ask directly what the roadmap commitment to their platform is.
Pricing, plan by plan
Assignar
On request- Assignar$undefined/year
- Crew and equipment scheduling
- Digital dockets and timesheets
- Compliance tracking
GCPay
On request- GCPay for General Contractors$undefined/year
- Priced on project count, subcontractor count and annual subcontracted volume
- Unlimited free subcontractor accounts
- Lien waiver and compliance tracking
- ePayments and Waiver Exchange$undefined/month
- Per-transaction fee disclosed at submission
- General contractor may absorb the fee or pass it to the subcontractor
- Subcontractor must acknowledge the fee before submitting
Which should you pick?
Choose Assignar if
- You need crew and equipment scheduling.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want digital dockets and timesheets.
Questions people ask
- Is Assignar or GCPay better?
- Neither clearly leads. Assignar starts at On request and GCPay at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Assignar or GCPay?
- Assignar starts at On request and GCPay at On request.
- Does Assignar or GCPay run on more platforms?
- Assignar runs on Web, iOS, Android. GCPay runs on Web.
- What is Assignar best used for?
- Assignar is most often used for a civil contractor scheduling crews and plant across multiple sites from one dispatch board, a concrete or earthworks subcontractor replacing paper dockets that arrive three days late, a contractor that must prove operator competency and induction status on regulated sites, a self-perform contractor comparing actual crew hours against estimated production rates. Of those, a civil contractor scheduling crews and plant across multiple sites from one dispatch board and a concrete or earthworks subcontractor replacing paper dockets that arrive three days late are not what GCPay is typically brought in for.
- What can Assignar do that GCPay cannot?
- Assignar covers Crew and equipment scheduling, Digital dockets and timesheets, Compliance and competency tracking, Forms and inspections. GCPay covers Pay application workflow, Lien waiver exchange, Compliance tracking, Change order management.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Assignar: Is this for general contractors or subcontractors?
Speciality and self-perform contractors. The unit of work is a crew and a machine on a shift, which is not how a general contractor coordinates trades.
GCPay: Who pays for GCPay, the GC or the sub?
The general contractor pays the subscription. Subcontractor accounts are free. Only the optional ePayment and waiver exchange transaction fee can be passed to the subcontractor, and only with their acknowledgement.
Assignar: Does the mobile app work without signal?
Yes, entries are captured offline and synchronised later. Test it with photos attached on your worst site, because that is where sync problems appear.
GCPay: How much is the ePayment fee?
It is a flat per-transaction fee, disclosed at the point the pay application is submitted. GCPay has published a $15 figure for the ePayments and waiver exchange service, and the GC decides who bears it.
Assignar: Does it handle payroll?
No. It captures hours and quantities and passes them to your payroll or enterprise resource planning system.
GCPay: Is GCPay owned by Autodesk?
Yes. Autodesk agreed to acquire Payapps, which trades as GCPay in North America and Payapps elsewhere, in January 2024.
GCPay: Does it replace our construction accounting system?
No. It handles the application, approval and compliance workflow and then pushes approved payments into your ERP.
GCPay: Can subcontractors export their own records?
Subcontractors can download their submitted applications and waivers, but the project record belongs to the general contractor's account, so a sub should keep its own copies rather than rely on continued portal access.
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